Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga says the company's surging use of AI coding tools has maxed out its full-year AI budget just a few months into 2026 (Laura Bratton/The Information)
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- Uber has maxed out its full‑year AI budget in early 2026 due to massive AI coding tool usage, per CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga.
- Praveen Neppalli Naga warned that the budget overrun stems from the company’s intensified reliance on AI‑driven coding assistants.
- Anthropic's Claude Code is singled out as the primary AI coding tool driving the rapid budget consumption.
Why it matters: Uber’s 2026 AI budget is already depleted, forcing the firm to curb further AI tool spending for the rest of the year.
